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I'm taking a wild guess here.. but I assume the bulb will reset to on @ 100% when the power is cut and turned back on..

That way, you can get manual control of the light by just flicking the power off/on..

But once somebody switches it off (with a switch), yo cannot switch it back on with the phone. It seems to me that having a home automation system that includes the light switches would be much better.

That's how similar products work. Some contain batteries to remember state. Some are full duplex and request state / update status. Some even work.

Another fun scenario: somebody crashes into a utility pole near your house, the power flickers, all your lights come on, the ceiling fans spin up 100%, and the ashes from your fireplace are distributed all over your house.

Or the lightning strike. Computer works, internet works, can't turn on any lights.

Visit a home automation forum for these and other tales of nerd homes gone bad.

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